Psalm 142:7 also cries for release from prison, echoing the plea for deliverance from the pit — both depict God bringing the psalmist out of confinement.

Psalm 17:5 speaks of steps holding fast and feet not slipping, similar to the secure steps in the psalm.

Psalm 18:16 uses the same rescue imagery: God drawing the psalmist out of deep waters, just as He drew David from the pit.

Psalm 18:36 says 'my feet did not slip' after being given a wide place, directly paralleling the secure footing here.

Psalm 86:13 celebrates deliverance from the depths of Sheol — the same rescue from the pit of destruction as Psalm 40:2.

Psalm 71:20 promises revival from the depths of the earth — directly paralleling the being drawn up from the pit in Psalm 40:2.

Psalm 69:2 cries out about sinking in deep mire with no foothold — identical imagery of being stuck in the miry bog.

Psalm 69:14 echoes the same cry for deliverance from sinking in mire, reinforcing the imagery of rescue from the pit.

Psalm 69:15 continues the plea against flood and pit closing its mouth, deepening the metaphor of being saved from watery grave.

Psalm 18:19 describes being brought out into a broad place and rescued because God delighted in him—a very close parallel to the rescue and secure footing in Psalm 40:2.

Psalm 30:3 similarly describes being brought up from the pit — a rescue from death parallel to the miry pit.

Psalm 88:6 describes being placed in the pit — the opposite of being drawn up from it in Psalm 40:2.

Psalm 37:31 says the righteous' steps do not slip — directly parallels the secure steps in Psalm 40:2.

Psalm 61:2 asks to be led to a rock higher than I, a similar rock-refuge theme but without the pit context.

Psalm 130:1 cries from the depths — the same pit imagery but from the perspective of still in it.

Psalm 119:133 asks God to keep steps steady, paralleling the secure footing granted in Psalm 40:2, but as a petition rather than a declaration.

Psalm 66:12 describes being brought through fire and water to abundance — similar rescue and placement imagery.

Psalm 37:23 echoes the same image of steps being established by the Lord, reinforcing that God secures the path of the righteous.

Psalm 27:5 also speaks of being set high on a rock, but as a place of hiding rather than rescue from a pit.

Psalm 26:12 echoes the secure footing imagery — standing on level ground after God's deliverance.

Jonah 2:6 explicitly says 'you brought up my life from the pit' — a direct parallel to being drawn up from the pit of destruction.

Lamentations 3:53-55 describes being cast into a pit with water over the head, a vivid parallel to the psalmist's 'pit of destruction'.

Jonah 2:5 describes waters closing in and weeds wrapping around — mirroring the miry bog imagery of being overwhelmed and trapped.

Isaiah 24:22 speaks of prisoners being gathered into a pit for punishment — the opposite of rescue from the pit in Psalm 40:2.

Zechariah 9:11 promises release of prisoners from the waterless pit — same image of deliverance from a pit, linked to covenant.

Job 33:30 speaks of bringing the soul back from the pit to light, reinforcing the same rescue-from-the-pit theme as Psalm 40:2.

Job 33:24 explicitly describes deliverance from the pit through a ransom, closely mirroring the rescue from the pit in Psalm 40:2.

Jeremiah 38:6-12 recounts a literal rescue from a muddy cistern, mirroring the psalmist's metaphorical pit deliverance.

Acts 2:24 describes God raising Jesus from death, loosing the pangs — the pit can be seen as a type of death from which God rescues.

Lamentations 3:55 also cries from the pit, echoing the same desperate situation but from a lament perspective.

Isaiah 38:17 uses the same 'pit of destruction' imagery for God's deliverance, linking personal rescue to forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 7:24 uses rock as a foundation for a house, a different application of rock as stability compared to the psalmist's secure footing.

Matthew 7:25 shows the house on rock surviving floods, echoing the psalmist's rescue from waters but focused on building.